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Personal Injury & Torts

Feb. 3, 2015

LA jury awards $34 million to truck accident victim

A man who suffered a below-the-knee amputation after he was hit by a truck was awarded more than $34 million Thursday.


By Deirdre Newman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A man who suffered a below-the-knee amputation after he was hit by a truck was awarded more than $34 million by a Los Angeles County jury.


The multimillion-dollar verdict was handed down by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury to Alan Casillas, who was hit by the trailer of a semi-truck while standing on a sidewalk in 2012. The defendant was Landstar Ranger Inc. Casillas v. Landstar Ranger In...

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